dyno

thanks for asking .. I thought the forwarding remained stopped in Paris where it was yesterday, till tomorrow ..
indeed, just checked the track info and I see it just arrived in Italy ...
but now it must pass our custom ..




not easy game ... if you consider that american banks took one week for clearing of funds

Now, more than excited , I'm really stressed

if ok, on tuesday-wed I could go to the installer with the things and
... plug 'em in ... and ..

mikej_cls

there is an aftermarket kit for a heavy price .. anyone tried this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-W219-CLS-2010-OEM-LED-TAIL-LIGHTS-LAMPS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5ad4f87134QQitemZ 390120108340QQptZCarQ5fAudioQ5fVideo


- mike

RRnelcheeze

very nice Dyno! I want to do that to mine!

dyno

thanks guys !

.. and even if euro is high I didn't spend all that $$

Nebster

what did this end up costing you and where did you get the parts.

do you plan on doing a DIY?

dyno

on the previous page I already answered similar questions.

a few months ago when I asked for somebody else they were not really enthusiast of doing again that thing and told me something high.
maybe if needed sets are at least 4-5 ..each could be a bit less than one thousand in $.
lights are obviously from MB

slliks67

Can someone post where someone can buy these LED tail lights from?

zach1745

LED tail lights look great!

Nice job

phat209

I bought my set from http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MERCEDES-C...item588c6595df

Upon arrival, one of them had chipped plastic on the sharp corners and they replaced it immediately.

Now, how to get them to fit is another story :P

wasupdu

+1. Very interested in upgrading my 2007 taillights to the LED version. I've read through this thread a couple times and I guess I still don't understand what exactly is the most cost effective way to do this project.

miraclewhip_cls

+1 how hard is it to convert?

noobasaurus

From what ive read on this forum and everywhere else it seems like you need resistors for the tail lights otherwise they wont work. Ive googled resistors and led tail lights and they seem to say that the resistors are for the turn signals usually. I see people do it on lexus a lot and they use 6ohm 50W resistors. I wonder why this guy who did the swap wont tell us what kind of resistors were used and if it was just for the signal lights or for more then that. Ive also seen people saying that you have to use STAR to turn on the LED feature in the sam and that will do it. (this was for a benz GL suv so i dont know if the rear sams have the same feature on the CLS) Any mercedes people here know?

RRnelcheeze

don't expect immediate replies to a thread that's over 3 years old.

slliks67

well RR i posted on the third and got 5 replies including your so anything is possible. I think there is another thread for this i am not sure but the replies were helpful for me. Being tho this thread is 2 years old there may be a better way to get er done i am thinking

dyno

... really I didn't go for the most effective way:

- as MB still had not officially released these, contacted Shenfenaker/odelo when they had just been advertised
- paid for a new pair of tail lights to their italian distributor but got the wrong, old, model
- waited for a few more months and bought a new pair of the new version from german dealership (who advised me they were for a different car than my cls55 !!)
- gave them to my italian dealership to try installation
- I agreed to buy and try fitting new SAM, new cables ... a pair of weeks and further money lost
- found an electrotechnical engineer and asked him to come to a private shop for studying the thing ..
- after one week of work I had them done

hope it's clear enough.

miraclewhip_cls

wtf it sound impossible to install is it really worth it?

dyno

you see the title .. it IS
BUT you have to PAY
or, DIY if you have the K-H and Time

Worth ? the same as for all mods.. only as long as it is your TOY-CAR !

cls55

dyno,long time no see,how have you been? how the cls55?

dyno

ciao Mister X

cls is still patiently waiting to get bigger toys ..



send me pm !

wasupdu

So there's really no option to simply buy the lights and cables and do a simple retrofit??

RRnelcheeze

the resistance is totally different with LED's, that is the main problem.

Chris The Swede

And the mail problem here seems to get an answer on WHAT resistors to use? I will try this on my CLS. Anyone thougt of leaving the original lightbord intact and just wire from it to the new one and leav the bulds in place? Should that not work?

miraclewhip_cls

Chris did you do the LED tail light swap if so how did it go

Chris The Swede

Sold the car an got me a W221 instead and doing all the facelift stuff on that one instead.

cyberhack

Did this swap myself about 6 months ago. No problems, just as it was done in this thread. Very Happy.